The Utility Room

We had hoped that our builder would have rendered the walls of the utility room - full render over the breeze blocks and "pierre apparente" where the walls are stone.  However, it has been so cold out there this spring, rather like in the UK, that he has not been able to do it: it needs consistent temperature of at least 20 deg.

He will be doing the walls in early May; however, this didn't stop us from painting the floor.  Well, the primer coat and the second coat went down, with our builder promising to do the final coat after he's done the walls.  We used Ronseal Diamond Hard Floor Paint, which went down a treat.  I was looking on line for some tips, and I read that someone painted the edges with a brush, then poured the paint onto the floor to roller it in.  Brilliant! I had the whole floor painted in a single coat in an hour, with a four hour drying time, the second coat went on later that day.

The result - absolutely no dust from the floor!  It is so good, and will make such a difference when the walls are done.  All we need now is to put a sink in there and move the washing machine to the corner, and it will be finished!  (oh yes, and the rendered wall painted...)